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I am using Luna OS Elementary. Its pretty cool. I am using the latest version of Mozilla firefox. If I misspell something in the address bar I get redirect it to Time warner search, which I promptly close and start all over again. I found instructions on how to disable the time warner redirect for a windows system, but can't find anything for Linux. I have spent hours searching the internet for an answer. Can anyone help? Please

I'm not sure what you want to do. Do you want to redirect misspellings to an different search engine? Or do you not want any redirection at all?
And why do you have to close anything at all? If you make a mistake in the navigation window then simply type the correct form over the mistake. Please try and make clear exactly what you're trying to do.
jdk

You probably just need to set your default search engine for firefox. If you have a search box next to your address bar, look for a down arrow in the box. Click it and you'll see the default options for search engines, choose one.

I am using Luna OS Elementary. Its pretty cool. I am using the latest version of Mozilla firefox. If I misspell something in the address bar I get redirect it to Time warner search, which I promptly close and start all over again. I found instructions on how to disable the time warner redirect for a windows system, but can't find anything for Linux. I have spent hours searching the internet for an answer. Can anyone help?

First, there is NO REASON to close your browser when you don't get the right website. Click in the address bar, and enter another address. What you're doing is akin to exiting your word-processor when you misspell a word.

The easiest way to get around this is to add these two lines:

Code:

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

...into the /etc/resolv.conf file. Those are Google's public DNS servers, which won't redirect you. That said, you will still have the same 'problem' when you misspell a website name...in that it won't come up or go to the wrong location.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dijetlo

Hey Odie,
You probably just need to set your default search engine for firefox. If you have a search box next to your address bar, look for a down arrow in the box. Click it and you'll see the default options for search engines, choose one.

Sorry, that won't do anything for this problem. Time Warner (and other cable ISP's), routinely re-direct people to their site, in the event of a DNS lookup failure (such as a misspelled/nonexistent website). That's because they are providing the DNS services. You can opt-out, but it is a painful process.

for what it's worth...
this sounds a little like some malware a friend of mine caught on her windoze computers firefox - all searches get redirected to some obscure bs website, something like that.
just trying to help clarify things but i might be wrong of course.

for what it's worth...
this sounds a little like some malware a friend of mine caught on her windoze computers firefox - all searches get redirected to some obscure bs website, something like that.
just trying to help clarify things.

It happened on my openSUSE box, and when I changed the resolv.conf and used Google's DNS servers, the problem vanished. Same for my wifes Windows laptop, and her iPad (after giving it a static address, and configuring things manually).

I found instructions on how to disable the time warner redirect for a windows system, but can't find anything for Linux.

it seems i was wrong, others are right.
i would say the process is the same on a windows or linux computer - maybe you can spot the similarities.

anyhow, others wrote:

Quote:

The easiest way to get around this is to add these two lines:
Code:
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4
...into the /etc/resolv.conf file. Those are Google's public DNS servers, which won't redirect you.

you will have to open the file with

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf

iirc, this file tends to get overwritten, so if the problem persists, post again.

Personally, I set my router to use Open DNS so that any clients connecting will pick that up through DHCP. Of course Open DNS have their own redirect page but I don't like the idea of Google registering all the sites I go to as well as my search history (just personal preference though).